Our Subversive Voice
@subversivesong
The History and Politics of the English Protest Song, 1600–2020 – a two-year AHRC-funded research project.
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Sent to the team by the Our Subversive Voice master, the inimitable John Street by the mistress of protest song Grace Petrie -eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
OSV greets the new year with a deeply good bit of thinking by composer and activist Uri Agnon on 'indeterminate music' – writing pieces that make the performers' actions matter. Also on smuggling violins into the British Museum for a rowdy protest... oursubversivevoice.com/voice/making-c…
Interesting list of ‘top 10’ 2022 protest albums via Shadowproof. Good to find UK music: Bob Vylan (the excellent Price of Life LP) & Scotland's ASHENSPIRE "sonic exploration" of hostile architecture. One for Our Subversive Voice to RT. youtube.com/watch?app=desk…
OSV is delighted to share this short film of our Latitude 2022 appearance, courtesy of documentary-maker extraordinaire Jennifer Shaw: oursubversivevoice.com/voice/eight-mi… Also at youtube.com/watch?v=-KGwwx…
With cold and rainy weather all around, why not look back to summer 2022 with this record of the Our Subversive Voice protest music project Latitude Festival. There's singing, shouting - and some decent talking - plus an appearance from the inestimable Laura Bates of EverydaySexism.
this is EPIC! I wish I'd seen it does anyone have a video, a future date please? look at the logo on the violinist's mask Art Not Oil # JustStopOil
Care about song? Fancy being paid for three years to do a SUPREMELY FUN AND IMPORTANT PhD @NclUniMusic, funded by Newcastle University Academic Track? Or know someone who does? Well, since you're listening... jobs.ac.uk/job/CXE249/nua… (Retweets much appreciated)
Today at 11:30am GMT, BBCR4 – the mercurial Andrew McGibbon presents the final episode of this fab little series on time-travelling songs... (disclaimer: I may be on it) bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… Newcastle University Academic Track @NclUniMusic
They refuse to accept that the #ToryBrexitDisaster is and will continue to damage our beautiful country for decades. Sorry is the hardest word for politicians like Coffey. Therese Coffey booed by #farmers after refusing to accept #foodshortages failure independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
I really can't overstate how exciting this is! First concert devoted to the music of Eliza Flower since 1845, as far as we know – which is criminal, because she's ace, as are electricvoicetheatre... If you're interested, do RT; this deserves to be heard!
As part of the Early Music @ Newcastle 2023 Festival, here's a short, sharp dose of protest song history – with a Geordie flavour: youtube.com/watch?v=tiftRu… @NclUniMusic Our Subversive Voice Alan Finlayson Newcastle University Academic Track
Today is Eliza Flower's 220th Birthday! To celebrate the life and work of this extraordinary radical composer, we recorded a podcast Conway Hall, to accompany the first concert devoted to her music since 1846... - Links to both are below – See also oursubversivevoice.com/?s=eliza+flowe…
We are delighted to bring you a new post by historian Ariel Hessayon of Goldsmiths, University of London It's all about one of the most storied protest songs in English history, The Diggers' Song, and it's here: oursubversivevoice.com/voice/the-digg…
Ahoy! Anyone in or around London on Fri 27 October – fancy a salon-style concert Conway Hall ? With chat, drinks, and some of the best music of the 1830s, courtesy of the genius* Eliza Flower and the fab electricvoicetheatre? *Mendelssohn's word, not mine conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event…